Climax #9 heads up the Greenbrier Branch at Wanless as a local farmer patiently awaits the passing train

Climax #9 switches hopper cars near the Cass depot

Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 is returning to Durbin as part of the Railroad Heritage Weekend hosted by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.

Five locomotives under steam. Shay #2, #4, #5 and #11 (hidden behind #2) and Climax #9 are lined up for the West Virginia Rail Heritage Weekend.

You don't have to be human to admire a vintage steam locomotive.

Cass Shay no. 2 approaches the crossing at Back Mountain Road during the 2016 Cass Fall Photography Workshop.

With three empty hoppers for the Western Maryland interchange at Spruce, Cass Shay No. 11 navigates low clouds and fog as it traverses the Cass connecting track between Leatherbark Jct. and Old Sp... (more)

Switching moves at Cass.

Like horses to water, three thirsty Shays crawl up to the water tank in Cass.

Cass's Heisler shoves out of the Durbin yard with the "Durbin Rocket" on the old C&O.

Getting closer... A massive ground up rebuild of this 1919 Climax begun over 15 years ago by the Mtn State RR & Logging Historical Assoc and later taken over by the DGVR Cass shop crew is nearing ... (more)

A Mower Lumber Shay rests in the late evening at a logging camp on Cheat Mountain ready to begin loading in the morning. Actually a night shoot with the rarely featured equipment on display at Whi... (more)

With just a handful of passengers, Cass's displaced Heisler takes a leisurely jaunt down the Greenbrier on the old C&O.

It wouldn't be springtime in Cass without gratuitous use of Shays!